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Doing valuable time : the present, the future, and meaningful living / Cheshire Calhoun.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Calhoun, Cheshire, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Life.
- Meaning (Philosophy).
- Time.
- Time management.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 185 pages)
- Other Title:
- Present, the future, and meaningful living
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- 'Doing Valuable Time' considers the interest, and disinterest, we take in our own lives. It explores the nature of meaningful living, the attraction to the future that is lost in depression, the motivating force of hope, the role of commitments, the inevitability of boredom, and the possibilities for contentment with imperfection.
- Contents:
- Having a future, leading a life, and spending time
- Geographies of meaningful living
- Taking an interest in one's future
- Motivating hope
- What good is commitment?
- Living with boredom
- On being content with imperfection.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2018.
- OUP approval plan 2018
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-085188-0
- 0-19-085189-9
- 0-19-085187-2
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